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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
Fraud email example:
From: Sonia Mayes <soniamayes@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Sonia Mayes <celinemayes@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 05:17:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Why not reply me
>From Mrs Sonia Maye and Daughter
Abidjan-Ivory
Coast.
This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore
it as
serious could come into
your mind but please consider it with a divine
wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.
Perhaps this would go down as the most difficult letter i will ever attempt
to right in my life.i am not sure that it will adequately conveys the
remorse
i feel at this moment how do i begin my story? how do i tell this story without
shedding tears, tears of sorrow oh god i thank you for giving me this opportunity
 to air my view and to share
this story with some one.
I am Mrs Sonia Maye and Daughter from Ivory Coast. i was married to late
Mr Freed Mayes who was a contractor with the government of Cote
d'Ivoire before he
died in the year 2011 after few days in the hospital.his doctor said his death was
as a result of poison.
We were married for so many years with one girl of 17 years respectively called gift.
when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of( $2,500m) two million five
hundred thousand dollars with one bank here.
Presently this money is still in the custody of the bank here. recently, my doctor told
me that my health condition is very bad due to cancer problem.having known my condition
i
decided to contact you so that you will help me to transfer this money
into your private account and also help my daughter to come over to your
country to start a new life. moreover you may be aware of the political
problem going on in my country i don’t want my daughter to stay here
during the election next year march.
The brothers of my late
husband has raised against i and my daughter since-the death of
my husband and they have sized all my late husband properties but they
did not know about this deposit which my husband made with a bank here
which i will soon send you their contact.
You should promise me
that you will help my daughter to invest this fund in your country and
also help her to further her education in your country. please assure me
that you will act accordingly as i stated herein. Send me these
information so i can submit it to bank and also introduce you as our
family friend who will receive the fund .
1. Full name:___________________
2. Address:____________________
3. Sex___________
4. Age:_____
5. Occupation:___________________
6. Phone:_______Mobile:_____________
7. State of origin :_____Country:_____
Hoping to receive your response immediately,
Thanks.
Sincerely .
From Mrs Sonia Maye and
Daughter
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